Koregaon Bhima

Koregaon Bhima
Koregaon
Village
Koregaon Bhima is located in Maharashtra
Koregaon Bhima
Koregaon Bhima
Location in Maharashtra, India
Koregaon Bhima is located in India
Koregaon Bhima
Koregaon Bhima
Koregaon Bhima (India)
Coordinates: 18°38′44″N 074°03′33″E / 18.64556°N 74.05917°E / 18.64556; 74.05917
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
TalukaShirur
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Area
 • Total20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total13,116
 • Density671/km2 (1,740/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-MH
Websitepune.nic.in

Koregaon Bhima is a panchayat village[1] and census town[2] in the state of Maharashtra, India,[3] on the left (north) bank of the Bhima River.[4] Administratively, Koregaon Bhima is under Shirur Taluka of Pune District in Maharashtra.[2] There is only the single town of Koregaon Bhima in the Koregaon Bhima gram panchayat.[2] The town of Koregaon Bhima is 10 km along the SH 60 motorway southwest of the village of Shikrapur, and 28 km by road northeast of the city of Pune. It is the site of the Battle of Koregaon fought on 1 January 1818.

  1. ^ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Koregaon Bhima = 188591, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c 2011 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 555672, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Koregaon Bhima Gram Panchayat, Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
  3. ^ 2001 Census Village code for Koregaon Bhima = 03050100, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Maharashtra" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 592. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ Poona India, Sheet NE 43-06 (topographic map, scale 1:250,000), Series U-502, United States Army Map Service, May 1960